salute

1. 1.

   an act of honor or courteous recognition

   “a musical salute to the composer on his birthday”

   Synonymssalutation

   Broaderrecognition
2. 2.

   a formal military gesture of respect

   Synonymsmilitary greeting

   Broadergreeting

   military

3. 3.

   an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat

   Broadergreeting

Other forms of salute

plural

salutes·

past tense

saluted·

present participle

saluting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about salute

What does salute mean?

salute means "propose a toast to". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in salute?

salute has 2 syllables: sa-lute. The stress falls on "lute". In IPA it is /səˈlut/.

What is another word for salute?

Close synonyms include toast, drink, pledge, wassail, present. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is salute a common word?

salute is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with salute?

7 words rhyme with salute. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.